Filing appliance.



H. J. HICK.

FILING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1. 1912.

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FILING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1. 1912.

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HARRY J". I-IICK, OF ALLIANCE OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMIENTS, TOTHE MGCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 19b1,) OF ALLIANCE,OHIO,

.A' CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FILING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Original application filed July 24, 1911, Serial No. 640,151. Dividedand this application filed October 1,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J. HroK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county'of Stark andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in andRelating to Filing Appliances, of which the following is a speciwhichare adapted to receive and support in a removable manner papers,documents, bills or'slips, whereby they can be filed in systematicorder, inspected or altered, or removed at will.

' For the purpose of illustration, 1 have, in

the accompanying drawings, shown and herein described one form of filingappliance embodying my invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of a filing appliance embodying myinvention, a part of the casing being broken away. Fig. 2 is afragmentary sectional view, the holders being shown in dotted lines.Fig. 3 is a front view of a portion of the casing, portions of theholders being broken away. Figs. i and 5 are detail views. 7

In the drawings, 1 indicates a suitable casing or housing for inclosingand supporting a set or series of holders 2. The casing 1 includes aback 1 and a support 1.

1 indicatesone or more pivot supporting or bearing members preferablyfixed to the support 1 The holders 2 are'preferably of uniform size andprovided on one or both faces with spacing ribs 2 and paper holdingclips 2*. The holders are preferably connected together bypivotaldevices, such as indicated at 3, which permit them to beassembled face to face and to swing relative to each other from oneposition to another, and vice versa. Such operation permits access toeither face of each and every holder to be made, whereby papers or thelike, which are held against their faces by the clips 2", can beinserted or removed, or inspected or altered. Preferably, the holdersare normally arranged in an upright position. In this event, the frontend holder, indicated at 2*, is provided with pivot devices 2, whichremovably engage the supporting or bearing members 1*. The pivots 2 1",form the axis about which the front holder 2 swings from Serial No.723,299.

the upright to the horizontal position, and vlce versa. The operation ofeach holder 2 forwardly and downwardly, in the form of the lnventionillustrated will cause the lower or pivotal edges of the remainingholders to move forwardly and also effect a simultaneous upward movementof the holders, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2; operation of theholders from the horizontal to the vertical position, effects a rearwardand clownward movement of the holders back to normal position. Theholders 2 can be operated in either direction singly or in groups, butin either case the forward and upward movements or the rearward anddownward movements of the pivot edges of the holders will be inproportion to the number of holders swung at each operation.

4 indicates a guide device for the upper or free end of the rearmost endholder (indicated at 2) of the set of holders and operating to maintainthe said rearmost holder and all the holders in front of it in asubstantially vertical position as one or more of the holders 2 is orare operated. The guide 4 is pivotally supported at its inner end on theback 1, as indicated at i whereby it may be moved into guiding position.

4: indicates a stop, preferably arranged above the guide, for limitingits upward movement.

4 indicates a latch or hook device carried by the free end of the guide1- and adapted to engage the frontmost end holder 2, as shown in Fig. 1,whereby all the holders will be locked in their normal position. Byslightly pressing upward on the guide f, the latch a will disengage theholder 2% and permit it to swing outwardly and downwardly. l/Vhen thisoperation takes place, the remaining holders will be lllOVQCl upwardlythus moving the guide a into an inclined or guiding position. The guide4 will remain in this position during the operation of any or all thesucceeding holders except the last or rearmost holder which will be heldin its forwardmost position by the latch 4. lVhen the front holder 2 isreturned to vertical position the guide 4 will drop and the latch 1-will engage theupper edge of the holder 2 Preferably the front edge ofthe latch 4: is beveled, as shown at i to permit the holder 2 toautomatically slightly raise the guide l and move behind the said lock,as it swings into vertical position against the remaining holders of theset.

5 indicates a rod or bar, preferably slidingly mounted upon the back 1in suitable guide devices 5" and adapted to engage the guide l at itsupper end and to hold said guide at in a raised or slightly inclinedposition.

5 indicates a spring tending to normally press the rod or bar 5upwardly, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

5 indicates a foot or projection carried by the rod 5 and arranged inthe path of the lower edges of the holders as they move downwardly orbackwardly into normal position. Preferably the end of the rod 50ppositeto the end that engages the guide Al, is bent outwardly to formthe foot 5. This foot 5- also operates as an abutment for the spring 5Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, itwill be seen that when allthe holders 2 are returned to vertical position the rod 5 is moveddownwardly against the tension of the spring 5", the latter operating asa cushion for the holders and arresting theirniovement without jar tothe casing or supports. hen the holders are operated, the spring pushesthe rod 5 upwardly. Thus when the set of holders 2 are removed fromtheir support orsupports for storing, the guide .L is maintained in araised position so that the holders can be replaced in the casingwithout any manipulation of the guide at.

H 6 indicates a yieldable device against which the holders 2 rest whenin normal position, This device preferably comprises a pair oftelescoping members, one of which is acted on by a suitable spring, andoperates asan abutment. I may provide abutments 6 on opposite sides ofthe locking member 4 in order that the stress between the locking meansand the abutment may be balanced. U

To those skilled in the art of making filing appliances of the classdescribed, many alterations in construction and widely dilferingembodiments and applications of my invention will suggest themselves,without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. My disclosures andthe description herein are purely illustrative, and are not intended tobein any sense limitin 'Wh'at I claim is: y

1. In a filing appliance, the combination w th a support, of a series ofholders arranged to be operated from a vertical to a horizontal positionand vice versa, a guide device for operating the rearmost holder, andmeans for maintaining the guide device 1n raised position when theholders are re moved from the support, the said means be ing thrown outof operation when the holdera are on the support.

2. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support, of a series ofholders arranged to be operated from a vertical to a horizontal positionand vice versa, a guide device for operating the rearmost holder, andspring operated means for maintaining the guide device in raisedposition when the holders are removed from the support, the said meansbeing thrown out of operation when the holders are on the support.

3. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support, of a series ofholders arranged to be operated from a vertical to a horizontal positionand vice versa, a guide for operating the rear-most holder, a device formaintaining the guide in raised position when the holders are removedfrom the support, the said device being thrown out of operation when theholders are on the support, and a spring operating as a cushion for theholders when they are returned to normal position and for operatingtheguide holding device.

l. In a filing appliance, the combination of a support having a back, aseries of connected holders pivotally mounted on said support, :a guidecarried by said back and arranged to operate the free edges offtheholders, a slidable device for holdingthe guide in raised position, aspring normally operating to raise said device when the holders areremoved from the support, and-means carriedby said holding devicearranged in the path of movement of the holders for connpressing thespring and throwing the holding device out of operation when the holdersare placed on the support.

In a filing appliance, the combination of a support having a back, aseries of connected holders pivotally mounted on said support, a guidedevice carried by said back and arranged to operate the holders, fcushioning means operating to cushion the holders when they are returned tonormal posi tion, and connections interposed between the cushioningmeans and the guide, device and operated by said cushioning means tohold the guide device in raised position when the holders are removedfrom the support.

6. In a filing appliance, the combination of a support having a back,aserie's' of connect ed holders pivotally mounted on said sup-' port, aguide device carried by said back and arranged to operate the free edgesof the holders, cushioni ng means operating to cushion the holders whenthey are returned to normal position, and connections interposed betweenthe cus'hioningmeans to hold the uide device in raised position when thehold ers are removed from "the support, the said cushioning meansbeing'compressed and the connections thrown out of operation by with asupport, of a series of holders arranged to be operated from a verticalto a horizontal position and vice versa, a guide device for operatingthe free edge of the rearmost holder, means for maintaining the guidedevice in raised position when the holders are removed from the support,the said means being thrown out of operation when the holders are on thesupport, and a spring operating as a cushion for the holders when theyare returned to normal position and for operating the guide holdingdevice, the guide device operating freely to guide the holders when thelatter are on the support, but being automatically raised and maintainedin a raised position when the holders are removed from their support.

8. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support provided with aback, of a series of holders each mounted to swing from a vertical to ahorizontal position, a guide device for the free edge of the rearmostholder, a spring operated rod slidably mounted on said back and arrangedto normally engage the guide device when the holders are removed fromthe support, and a foot carried by the rod and arranged to be engaged byone of the holders for holding the rod out of operation when the holdersare on the support in normal position.

9. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support, of a series ofholders arranged to be operated from a vertical to a horizontal positionand vice versa, a guide for operating the rearmost holder, a device formaintaining the guide in raised position when the holders are removedfrom the support, the said device being inoperative when the holders areon the support, and a spring for operating the guide holding device.

10. In a filing appliance, the combination of a support having a back, aseries of connected holders pivotally mounted on said support, a pivotedguide carried by said back and arranged to operate the free edges of theholders, a slidable device for holding the guide in raised position, aspring normally operating to raise said device when the holders areremoved from the support, and means carried by said holding devicearranged in the path of movement of the holders for compressing thespring and throwing the holding device out of operation when the holdersare placed on the support.

11. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support, of a seriesof normally upright holders having connections between them, andarranged to swing individually or collectively into horizontal position,a pivoted device for guiding the rearmost holder, and means inoperativewhen the holders are in normal position for holding said guiding devicein elevated position when the holders are removed from the support.

12. In a filing appliance, the combination with a support, of a seriesof normally upright holders having connections between them, andarranged to swing individually or collectively into horizontal position,a pivoted device for guiding the rearmost holder, and automatic meansinoperative when the holders are in normal position for holding saiddevice in elevated position when the holders are removed from thesupport.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY J. HIGK.

Witnesses:

Gno. C. RUSSELL, HENRY F. PoLLooK.

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